Europe

German customs stops Iranian with $70M check
An Iranian man faces a hefty fine after trying to enter Germany with a check worth about $70 million in his hand luggage. Customs officials at ...
Vatican dismisses Iranian link to pope shooting
The Vatican is dismissing Mehmet Ali Agca's latest claim about who ordered him to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The Turkish gunman, who has changed ...
French leader to visit Mali, talk of troop levels
President Francois Hollande says he'll suggest when France will reduce troop levels in Mali during a trip there Saturday, nearly four weeks after a ...
Russian judge fired after falling asleep in court
A Russian judge has been fired after he caught 40 winks in court and then sentenced an outraged defendant to five years in prison. Judge Yevgeny ...
Bungling hit men convicted of schoolboy's murder
Two bungling British hit men who went to the wrong address and stabbed a teenager to death instead of their intended victim were convicted of murder ...
Teenage hacker sentenced in UK for cyber-attacks
A British court has sentenced a teenage hacker to youth rehabilitation after he and other members of the Anonymous movement carried out cyber-attacks ...
Denmark school sentenced for fatal boat accident
A Danish boarding school has been fined 250,000 kroner ($45,500) and its principal given a suspended 60-day prison sentence for a tragic rowing trip ...
Imprisoned Pussy Riot member hospitalized
A jailed member of the Pussy Riot feminist punk band has been hospitalized for a full medical check-up after complaining of headaches and suffering ...
John Paul II's gunman says Iran behind '81 attempt
The Turkish gunman who shot Pope John Paul II has changed his story once again, saying in a new autobiography that Iran's late leader Ayatollah ...
Attacked Algeria gas plant to partly resume work
The Algerian gas plant that was the scene of a hostage crisis that left dozens of foreigners and militants dead will soon be partially operational, ...
UN official concerned at Greek prison conditions
A United Nations fact-finding mission has voiced concern at conditions in Greek prisons and detention facilities, lamenting overcrowding and harsh ...
New bells en route for Paris' Notre Dame cathedral
Nine enormous bronze bells have made their way on flatbed trucks from a Normandy foundry to what is hoped will be their home for centuries to come, ...
Convicted UK grandmother loses legal funding case
A court has ruled that the U.K. government didn't act unlawfully when it refused to fund a British woman's appeal against a death sentence in ...
Stalingrad gets name back on days marking battle
The southern Russian city where the Red Army decisively turned back Nazi forces in a key World War II battle will once again be known as Stalingrad, ...
Turkish police examine video for missing American
A special Turkish police task force looking for a missing New York City woman was sifting through "thousands of hours" of video recovered from about ...
86 camels die in fire in Germany
Police say a fire has destroyed a camel farm in the Black Forest region of southwestern Germany, killing 86 animals and causing up to €2 million (US$ ...
Body of US pilot of missing F-16 found in Adriatic
The body of a U.S. Air Force pilot whose F-16 fighter jet went missing Monday during a nighttime training mission has been found in the Adriatic Sea.
Denmark: terror conviction upheld in massacre plot
A Danish appeals court has upheld the terror conviction and 12-year prison sentence of a Swedish citizen convicted of plotting a shooting spree ...
Morsi, in Germany, defends comments on Jews
Egypt's Islamist president turned aside repeated criticism of his past comments referring to Jews as "the descendants of apes and pigs" as he visited ...
Austrian charity plans to move into Hitler's house
An Austrian charity that helps immigrants reportedly plans to set up an office in the house where Adolf Hitler was born. The villa in the Upper ...
Ship carrying US Patriots reaches Turkey
Two Patriot missile systems from the U.S. have arrived in southern Turkey to be deployed close to the Syrian border. The U.S., Germany, and the ...
Turkey seeks person who contacted missing American
Turkish police on Wednesday were trying to trace a person who apparently corresponded with a New York City woman through social networking sites ...
Obama hosting Italian president Feb. 15
President Barack Obama will host Italian President Giorgio Napolitano next month at the White House. In an announcement Wednesday, the White House ...
Spain judge sets massive bail for king's relative
A Spanish judge has set bail at €8.2 million ($11.1 million) for the king's son-in-law and his former business partner before their possible trial in ...
2 Albanian police to be jailed over protest deaths
Prosecutors have asked a court to hand out heavy sentences to two senior police officers accused of fatally shooting four people during a violent ...